Thursday, June 28, 2012

I did a photoshoot recently--this picture was my favorite. My camera caught something magical here. The camera loves some people--this young lady is one of those rare individuals. There are quite a few hearts in this photo--can you find them?

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

I was helping a friend move on Thursday, when the clouds began to fluff and stretch in a spectacular show of beauty. There was a storm moving in from the coast. As always the clouds heralding such a storm were incredible.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Making coffee in our tiled kitchen, I noticed a creamy feel to the pale sunshine falling through the windows. Suitably intrigued, I gasped when I noted the Subtle Sun sketched against the sky. God's lovely watercolor. My first attempt to catch the gentle sense of our star was a bit shaky

My second attempt was a little better. The perfect shape of the sun, smudged with thin morning clouds, filled my eyes to the brim.

Though I normally strive to keep anything man made out of my photos, these power lines don't look too bad.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Yesterday Sissie and I took a walk through The Abandoned. Sissy was so excited about a woodpecker next she'd noticed. She'd heard the babies calling and wanted to show it to me. It looked like someone had drilled a perfectly round hole in the side of the aging tree trunk.

Out popped Ralphie the Redhead. What a pretty little fellow.

Someone was listening! It was Papa Woody Woodpecker bearing a beak full of food.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

What fun to spend a sunny afternoon in the yard with a young person, capturing pictures of faeries in the rhodies while the paint spatters on her cutoffs dried. I wasn't in the least surprised to see a heart there. I'm sure the faeries had something to do with it--at least that's why my friend and I think. (grin)

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday!

Thursday, June 7, 2012

What a pleasure to see the sun and that incredible blue sky. These old roses filled the warmth of the air with a lovely perfume. Of course, this little heart rose is just perfect for Guest Heart Thursday!

Have a lovely day everyone!

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday!

Fills My Eyes

When I see something unexpected, unusual, or beautiful, my focus suddenly sharpens and intensifies. The sensation tickles! That's when I say something "fills my eyes." It is the greatest compliment I can give.

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." -- Ansel Adams

Sunset

The Columbia Gorge

"Sometimes it is not the camera as much as the "thing" you chose to photograph." -- Abraham Lincoln

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -- E. M. Forster

Welcome to my World

I have always loved taking pictures. I took my first and only photography class at West Linn High. The photo lab was located in the bowels of the school near the gym's locker rooms. There we learned to manage typical dark room techniques and procedures for developing film.

Things have radically changed since those days. Today's technology no longer requires pungent trays of chemicals and a dark room.

With the invention of the digital camera, I was set free to capture the amazing, unusual and the unexpected. My camera is always by my side. I never know when, or where I will be able to capture some delicate beauty, or unexpected oddity.

Welcome to my world!

Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.

--Lewis Thomas, The Lives Of A Cell

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."~ Anton Chekhov

About Me

I love to photograph the forest, my garden, birds of all kinds, the river, my town, our historical home, the ocean and so much more. The stories one can find are endless.

The seasons of nature are fascinating to me. Every year, time and the seasons seem to vibrate with increasing intensity

~Beth.

A Fairytale Mind

This is a link to my favorite book reviewer. Rena Lanyon gives a well-written review from a youthful perspective.

Art from Trash

by Clytie, Queen of Hearts

Sharp Shinned Hawk

The Incredible Photography of Abraham Lincoln

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.-- Mark Twain

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